Ice-cream cabinet



Jia, 5 1926. l 1,568,216

P. FRITZ ICE CREAM CABINET Filed May 18V, -1925 which ice-cream or' the? like in .solid frozen condition'. Onefeature of .gggyayaaaete cor@ Needless132e... y

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Be it'known that I, PHILIP Fnrrz, a citizenof theUnited VStates of America, vresiding atGrand Rapids, in the county of Kent 4andfState of Michigan, have invented certain. newfand useful Improvements in `Ice CreamCabinetsg and I do hereby declare lthe Vfollowing to be, a full, clear, andnexact ldescription of the invention,l such 'as will :enable others skilled in the' fart to which it:-'pxpertains tojmake and use the same.

. isfmvention relates to an ice cream cabinet, being particularly concerned with novel improvements inl cabinets wherein containersafor' licecream may be lhoused andthe same with' theircontents kept in'refrigeratedcondition. y j In cabinets ofthis character, the refrigerantflusedf'fin laA great many instances is ice with v:saltapplied'fthereto,` itg'being 4well known..that such mixture, of ce and salt produces a low temperaturel and.one at may be 'kept my :invention-is directed. to amprotective means for the lining ofthe cabinet. The liningof sheet metal is very susceptible to the corrosive action of, salt water and of moisture condensing thereon and unless said lining is protected it 'ru'sts through 'very rapidly ;and it is one of th'v primary objects and purposes make a cabinet wherein the-sheet metal lini i ing therefor is protected positively against Ases the corrosive action .of the brine produced from the refrigerating mixture or from oxidizing due to moisture condensing there- `Another feature of the invention relates to a simple and effective means .for holding the mixture of ice and. salt whereby the same may be held in receptacles which are l, filled outside of the store in which the *i cabinet is used, L and then carried in and applied to the cabinet at either side oftheice-'cream containers. This is a feature of ing;r of broken ice and salt separately into4 value making it possible to avoid the carry- "tbe storeand placing in vthe cabinet, all

handling of the iceand' salt being accomplished outside of the store and the undesirable conditions incident thereto avoided.'

For an understanding of the invention by means of which these ends are effectively attained. reference may be had to the followof the present invention to' sf 19'25. serial Ne. 30,595.

the refrigerant holding` receptacles .being removed.

Fig. 3 is a pers etive view of the c'hbinet,

the covers over t e refrigerant 'holding receptacles being removed, and' F1`g. 4 is a perspective View of one of the' receptacles used for holding the refrigerant may vconsist of broken ice" which, las stated, and'salt. v

Like reference characters refer to like parts inthe different figures of the drawing.

In the construction of the cabinet an elonv gated receptacle 1 o'f rectangular form is lprovided having anopen upper end around vwhich an open frame .2 is placed. The cabinet is partly filled with suitable. insulation material indicated at 3 which may be of cork or the like, the'same being disposed between the sides, ends andv bottom-of the cabinet and the sheet netal lining which is located inside -said cabinet. This lining consists in the construction shown of downwardly and inwardly extending sides 4 which, at their lower edges, are

turned inwardly toward each other to make .horizontal bottom sections' 5, are

then turned downwardlyA so 'as`v to eil:-

tend vertically' making the -sections `6,

the lower edges of which are connected by a central bottom section 'L The lining is of sheet'meta'l and around its up er edges is formedA with outwardly .exten zontal -continuous lips 8 .Whichextend Vbc-l ltween retaining bars 9 and -1O one abovil and the other below said lips and which are secured in place in any suitable manner to the sides and ends' of the cabinet and the frame 2 as sliown. The sheet metal lin-v 1m .clude water and moisture from the metal 105 may be used as an. equivalent. The inner sides ot' `the lining are also covered with the same material, as indicated at 12. .In this manner the liningis impervious to the action of `either water or brine and will no ing horiL til/fl not rust and deteriorate the same as though uncovered. This is valuable though the ice and salt may not be placed -looselyin the cabinet around 'the ice cream receptacles as the lowering of the temperature wit-hin the cabinet is likely to 4produce condensation of moisture against the metal onboth sides without any directcontactof moisture to the lining such as 4occurs in many cases where the cabinet is saved by placing the ice and salt directly in the cabinet and not in the holding receptacles, as shown in the present construction.

In order to protect the inne'r side of the lining and keep the pitch from being accidentally scratched or scraped off so as to expose the meta-l, said inner sides of the lining and the pitch coating 12 thereon are covered with strips of wood. For instance the sides 4 ofthe lining are covered by the Wood members 13, 'at the inner sides of the sections-5 are the wood members 14 and at thefinner sides of the sections 6 and 7 the wood members 15 and 16. In practice these invention, for with the metal covered andv protected by the asphalt covering 'and said covering safeguarded againstinpiry the metal lining is'safe from deterioration due to thefcorrosion and oxidization to which it is particularly subject when exposed to moisture and especially t0 moisture combined with common salt.'

`Thc cans 17 for holding the ice cream, at their lower endspass into the well of the cabinet which is formed by the vertical sides 15 and the base 16, there being spaces at each side'of the cans above the parts v14: as is evident. Over Athe cans and longitudinally of the cabinet a frame is located having ends 18, spaced side bars 19 and cross bare. :'30T said cross bars 20 being located between adjacent cansat their upper-ends. A cover 2l may be applied to this frame over the upper end of each ice cream holding receptacle 17 so that only the single cover needs to be removed whenever access to a particular ice cream can is desired.

The s aces between the cans and the sidesl 13 are esigned to be lled with the refrig-I erant which can be'applied loosely in these spaces, the broken ice and salt being packed therein but, referably, suitable deep rcceptacles 22 esigned to lit the spaces are used ir. which r the ice and salt may. be packed outside of the stor'e and then ca rried in ai@ inserted in the spaces between vfri erant holding receptacles,

BEST Ama/isis cosv the cans and the sides of the cabinet. -When thus applied covers 23 are placed over the upper end of the refrigerant holding receptacles'. In order that the receptacles 22 may be readily'carried a cross bar 24 between as a handle tocarry the same.'

The construction of the ice cream cabinet described is particularly practical and eilicient and has so proved in service. The safeguarding of the lining against deteriothe sides'of'each receptacle is used to serve ration adds materially to the length ot life of the cabinet while the simple and effective manner of applying the refrigerant in the cabinet is a feature of great value particularly from the standpoint of sanitation.

The icing of the cabinet is accomplished outside of the store and the ice and salt there placed together and withinthe rethere being no reaking of ice and scattering of ice and salt adjacent the cabinet and the floor on which it 1s placed 'in the store as takes place when the icing ofsuch-cabinets is done.`

within the store. With my inventionv the icing 1s accomplished outside of the store and the receptacles ne'ed merely be carried.

-in and placed in` the cabinet. In addition where. receptacles of this, type'are used to hold the refrigerant of ice and salt no faucet is needed in connection with the cabinet to draw off the liquid which comes from melting ice and the dissolving of the salt in the water thus produced. Faucets of this character are not only subject to very rapid deterioration, requiring frequent replace ment, but are liable to collect deposits ot' unsanitary nature, all of' which is obviated with my invention. The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to bc considered as cdmprehensive ot all 'forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim: i

1. In a construction of the class described, a cabinet having si lesand ends and an interior space adapted to receive ice cream holdingr containers, said space at the lower portion thereof being relatively narrow and of a width to receive a single ice cream container and of a length lo receive a plurality (hereof, and al its upper portion being widened n-'hereby :in elongated space is left between a side of the. cabinet and containers for ice cream placedlherein, and a plurality ot' refrigerant holding ricceptacles located end to end'in said lust mentioned space and space at its lower portion being -in the form of an elongated relatively narrow rectangular well and at its upper portion being Nudi;

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' "widened at both sides of the lWellV whereby a cabinet having sides and ends and an interior space, said space at its lower ortion comprising a relatively narrow an elongated rectangular Well and at its u per portion being widened, a plurality "o ice cream containers of substantially cylindrical form located insaid interior space of the cabinet with their lower portions received in said Welland with their u per portions spaced from an inner side o the cabinet, and a plurality of refrigerant holding receptacles located between thev said inner side of the cabinet and the upper portions of said containers, each .of said receptacles being lfreely removable from the cabi'- netI independently of any other receptacle or of any ice cream container, and freely- .placed therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signa-v ture.

PHILIP FRITZ; 

